Eight staff from the Center for Healthy Schools and Communities will present at the Coalition for Community Schools’ bi-annual national conference in Cincinnati, Ohio along with three of its community based organization partners. Conference attendance is expected to be 1,500 and representative of the entire county.
The Center for Healthy Schools and Communities is regarded as a national leader and model for innova-tion in providing and scaling critically needed access to health services for youth in low opportunity communities.
“It is important for us to share not only the innovations in school health services that are working in Alameda County, but also the lessons learned over our 17-year history. We are getting mainstream traction on the inextricable link between health and education. By addressing these topics through an equity lens, we as public sector vanguards have an opportunity to close the opportunity gap through community schools”, said Tracey Schear, Director of the Center for Healthy Schools and Communities.
Topics will include Alameda County’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act through eligibility and enrollment into public health care benefits at community schools—programs that are receiving national attention. The Center will also present with its partners from the Latino Men and Boys male mentorship program, demonstrating its long-time support of equity based Boys and Men of Color initiatives. They will also present on the role of public sector leadership in linking health and education to achieve equity, along with a joint presentation with the Oakland Unified School District in a plenary session with public sector leaders from across the country.
